Annual 2021 Disruptor Company Awards
Grand Trophy Winners (alphabetically)
Cyvatar
DeepCube
iTechArt Group
Salt Security
Vectra AI
2021 Disruptor Company Awards Winners
Disruptor Company of the Year | Advertising, Branding, Marketing, PR, & similar
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Hawke Media LLC | Santa Monica, California, United States | Last minute virtual conference provided business owner strategic resources | 2014 | Erik Huberman | Erik Huberman, Tony Delmercado | Charles Liu, Lindsey Breeden, Nick Natale, Mary-Jo Gagliardi |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Artificial Intelligence
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
DeepCube | Tel Aviv, Israel | DeepCube: 10x boost for deep learning deployments on edge devices | 2018 | Michael Zimmerman | Dr. Eli David, Yaron Eitan | Michael Zimmerman, CEO, Dr. Eli David, Co-Founder & CTO, Yaron Eitan, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Eri Rubin, VP R&D | Series A
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Verisim Life (VSL) | San Francisco, CA, United States | Delivers a bio-simulation solution for COVID-19 & a pandemic-readiness platform | 2017 | Dr. Jyotika Varshney | Dr. Jyotika Varshney, CEO and Founder | | Seed-Angel
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
Botkeeper | Boson, MA, United States | Accounting Partner model helps firms scale and attract clients | 2015 | Enrico Palmerino | Andy Gauthier, Angelina DeLago, Enrico Palmerino, Louie Balasny, Justin DoBosh | | Series B
Kanverse.ai | San Jose, CA, United States | Achieve up to 99.5% document processing accuracy with Kanverse IDP | 2017 | Karan Yaramada | Karan Yaramada, Dr. Akhil Sahai, Adesh Patel | |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
EV Connect | El Segundo, United States | We’ve built the infrastructure to scale mass EV charging | 2010 | Jordan Ramer | Jordan Ramer | Patrick Macdonald-King, Chief Operations Officer, John Karambelas, Chief Revenue Officer, Scott Jarus, Executive Chairman | Series B
Disruptor Company of the Year | Cloud Computing, Digital, SaaS, & Internet
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
Data Gumbo | Houston, Texas, United States | Data Gumbo Brings Trust to Commercial Transactions & ESG Reporting | 2016 | Andrew Bruce | Andrew Bruce | William Fox, Chief Product Officer, Bill Arend, Chief Commercial Officer, Maria Onufrow, Senior Vice President of Product Delivery, Michael Matthews, Senior Vice President, Bruce Bain, Vice, President of Channels & Alliances, Gina Manassero, Vice President of Communications, Meredith Bruce, Vice President of Human Resources, Meghan Wittorf, Financial Controller | Series B
Opsani | Redwood City, CA, United States | Ancestry.com chose Opsani to cut cloud costs & boost performance | 2014 | Ross Schibler | Ross Schibler, Peter Nickolov | Ross Schibler, Co-Founder & CEO, Peter Nickolov, Co-Founder & VP of engineering, Patrick Conte, Chief Commerical Officer, Amir Sharif, VP of Product, Alex Cox, Head of Marketing & Communications, Kim Shaffer, VP of Major Accounts | Series A
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
iTalent Digital | San Jose, California, United States | iTalent Digital digitizes change management with Chama cloud software | Before 2006 | Renee La Londe | 2005 | Self-funded, Renée La Londe, Fred Walters, Caleb Hernandez | Leslie Ottavi |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Consumer Products and Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
SAAM Inc. | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | The SP4 is a Smoke, Fire, Gas, Air Quality Monitor | 2017 | Rob Qualls | Rob Qualls, Greg Stewart, Erik Deutsch, Phil McCormack | Rob Qualls – CEO, Greg Stewart – President, Joe Huehnerhoff – Chief Technology Officer, Erik Deutsch – Chief Technology Advisor, Phil McCormack – Chief Operating Officer, Sibu Janardhanan – Chief Operating Officer | Seed-Angel
Disruptor Company of the Year | Engineering and Technology
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Vcinity | San Jose CA, United States | 32 Patents Granted | 2018 | Harry Carr | Harry Carr | Harry Carr – Chief Executive Officer, Russel Davis – Chief Operating Officer, Michael McDonald – Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Stephen Wallo – Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Parsons – Chief Strategy Officer, Robert Smedley – Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering, Craig Graulich – Senior Vice President of Sales |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Financial Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Centili | London, United Kingdom | Pioneering a holistic Conversational Commerce platform | 2010 | Zoran Vasiljev | Roberto Kutic, Silvio Kutic, Izabel Jelenic | Zoran Vasiljev (Group CEO), Olivier Letant (Group COO), Kashif Haq (Group CTIO), Dina Janevski Farcic (SVP Marketing), Nikola Volarevic (SVP Performance & Partnerships), Ivana Rakonjac (People Operations Director) |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Appreciation Financial | Henderson, Nevada, United States | Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company two years in a row | 2009 | Terry Kennedy | Terry Kennedy | |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Information Technology Cloud/SaaS
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Whatfix | San Jose, California, USA, United States | Whatfix Drives 150% Increase in In-App Engagement for Enterprise Customers | 2014 | Khadim Batti | Khadim Batti, Vara Kumar | Khadim Batti (CEO), Vara Kumar (CTO), Vispi Daver (Board Member, SVP Global Sales) | Series C
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Botkeeper | Boston, MA, United States | Superior AI solution, reducing processing time 40 to 60 percent | 2015 | Enrico Palmerino | Enrico Palmerino, Louie Balasny, Andrew Gauthier and Angelina DeLago | Enrico Palmerino – CEO; Byron Patrick – General Manager; Edward Shaughnessy – CFO; David Farhi – SVP Sales; Jessica King – VP Marketing; Jody Padar – VP of Strategy; Shriram Bharath – EVP of Engineering; John Barnes – Chief Product Officer; Erica Cramer – VP of Partner Success; | Series B
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
iTalent Digital | San Jose, California, United States | ICS creates one enterprise customer experience across social engagement properties | Before 2006 | Renee La Londe | 2005 | Self-funded, Renee La Londe, Fred Walters, Caleb Hernandez | Fred Walters (Chief Innovation Officer and ICS Product Lead) |
Birdeye | Palo Alto, CA, United States | Helped bring location-based businesses roaring back from Covid | 2012 | Naveen Gupta | Naveen Gupta, Neeraj Gupta | Naveen Gupta, David Lehman, Neeraj Gupta, Sunil Madan, Travis Bickham | Series B
Disruptor Company of the Year | Information Technology Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
iTechArt Group | New York, NY, United States | Despite the challenges of 2020, iTechArt kept growing exponentially. | 2006 | Sergei Kovalenko | Sergei Kovalenko – CEO and President iTechArt, Vasil Boika – Executive Vice President, Andrey Kulgachev – Chief Information Officer, Denis Pakhomov – Chief Operating Officer | Vasil Boika – Executive Vice President, Andrey Kulgachev – Chief Information Officer, Denis Pakhomov – Chief Operating Officer |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Datacamo Inc. DBA Lionstripe | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Changing Enterprise Networking to be affordable for all Companies | 2018 | Kevin Krieser | Kevin Krieser, Martin Madsen | | Pre-Seed Funding
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
Jackyl Consulting Partnership | Toronto, Canada | Reduced network lead times from 43 days to 10 days! | 2016 | Dave Codack | Dave Codack and John Baird | Dave Codack, John Baird, Christina D’Angelo | Pre-Seed Funding
Disruptor Company of the Year | Information Technology Software
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Cobwebs Technologies | New York, United States | Collects, analyzes and monitors web data, and provides actionable insights | 2015 | Udi Levy | Udi Levy, Omri Timianker, Shay Attias | | Series A
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Usetech | Russia, Moscow, Kozhevnicheskaya st., 10, building 1,, United States | Usetech project – Unique Network | 2020 | Kuznecov Maxim Andreevich | Mitrovich Alexandr | Mitrovich Alexandr |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Manufacturing
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Makers Nutrition | Hauppauge, New York, United States, United States | Donating $400,000+, global nourishment, and surpassing $30 million in revenue | 2014 | Jason Provenzano | Jason Provenzano | Stephen Finnegan
Christopher Zecha |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Real Estate and Construction
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Your Best Place | London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom | Your Best Place is disrupting the standards of rental accommodation | 2018 | Valter Pontes | Valter Pontes | |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Security Cloud/SaaS
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Vectra AI | San Jose, CA, United States | Achieved unicorn status with $1.2 billion valuation | 2012 | Hitesh Sheth | Mark Abene, Ivan Wick, Marc Rogers, James Harlacher, Hitesh Sheth | | Other
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
BitNinja Security | Hungary, Debrecen, Hungary | Upgrading and renewing the malware detection module in ServerProtection | 2019 | George Egri | George Egri, Viktoria Vereb | | Series A
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
StrikeReady | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 2019 | CEO: Yasir Khalid | Founders: Yasir Khalid, CEO, Anurag Gurtu, CPO | Seed-Angel
Perception Point | Tel Aviv, Israel, United States | In 2021, the company announced that it raised $28 million. | 2015 | Yoram Salinger | Shlomi Levin, Michael Aminov | Yoram Salinger, CEO, Shlomi Levin, co-founder and CTO, Michael Aminov, co-founder and chief architect, Eyal Drami, CFO, Benny Reich, VP of product, Lior Dolphin, VP of sales | Series B
Cyvatar | Irvine, CA, United States | Cyvatar’s membership model disrupts the industry, simplifying comprehensive cybersecurity protections. | 2020 | Corey White | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product and strategy officer | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product and strategy officer, Stephanie Simpson, vice president, platform & solutions, Edward Preston, vice president of sales, Aileen Casmano, director of marketing | Seed-Angel
Disruptor Company of the Year | Security Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Cyvatar | Irvine, CA, United States | Cyvatar’s membership model disrupts the industry, simplifying comprehensive cybersecurity protections. | 2020 | Corey White | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product & strategy officer | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product & strategy officer, Stephanie Simpson, VP, platform & solutions, Edward Preston, VP, sales, Aileen Casmano, director, marketing | Seed-Angel
Disruptor Company of the Year | Security Software
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Salt Security | Palo Alto, CA, United States | Being the top API Security platform that Gartner recommends | 2016 | Roey Eliyahu | Roey Eliyahu, Michael Nicosia | | Series B
Disruptor Company of the Year | Telecommunications
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
AOTech Security Solutions | Alcalá de Henares / Madrid, Spain | Silence, Freedom, Air & Simplicity in Videoconferencing | 2015 | Lorena Sanchez | Pablo Marquez Serrano | Pablo Marquez, Lorena Sánchez |
Disruptor Company of the Year | Wholesale & Distribution
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
ShipMonk | Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States | Revolutionizing the logistics industry with award-winning technology and services. | 2014 | Jan Bednar | Jan Bednar | Jan Bednar, CEO. Kevin Sides, CRO. David Pavlik, CTO. Donna DeChant, CPO. Edward Panella, CFO |
